Detections of any drugs or anything of that nature on board. And on all eight instances medical examiner, discovered multiple drugs on board of the victim in those cases. I think that there are a number of factors that contribute to the injuries that we may be talking about that i dont think will be captured in one paragraph of a report. And before we go to the public comment, one last question, what is it now that is driving a push within the department for tasers . Is there a. Has the human heart changed over the past, you know, five years or so . Are we seeing dramatic increase in officerinvolved shootings compared to what we had before . Are we finding that despite what we see in terms of controversy that this is what is considered the best practices . What is actually driving this forward . You know, i think that the human heart in particular, the heart of this department has not changed. If you looked at the history, if you look at the history of the department, every chief start
With the civil rights implications that the supervisors spoke of today. You know, across the nation and in San Francisco, you will see the African American communities of color are impacted by accessive use of force that would lead us to believe that once they are instituted they would also be disproportionately used against the xhupts of color. Because they are easy to use it will increase over use and officers will be use it as the first line rather than reverting to what they used in training such as verbal commands and we also have outlined many incidents of litigation that have occurred. Just some follow up questions. Did you ever get a response from the mayor on your letter . No, we did not. And any of the staff in no. I think that the letter was actually really well done and it is well documented and there are a number of citations in here, do you recall what i read to commander ali, right now, referencing how it looks to be when tasers are involved in working with people who ha
All less lethal alternatives and complete the obligation to meet with the Community Members on this issue that it is entirely premature to investigate a Pilot Program for tasers in this city, had the department moved more quickly to implement the cit training the incident this summer may have been avoided. Tasers constitute a significant level of force as we have heard today. Too often, they are viewed as homeless, nonlethal devices that temporarily incompass taits that is false. When use as intended they cause pain and as we have seen across the nation they pose a risk of serious jury or death. As you have heard today, in particular people with Mental Health problem are more likely to be at high risk of death, and with that high population in San Francisco and coming in contact often with the San Francisco Police Department, we dont want to run a risk of that population being impacted. And the aclu is also concerned with the civil rights implications that the supervisors spoke of toda
Homeless, nonlethal devices that temporarily incompass taits that is false. When use as intended they cause pain and as we have seen across the nation they pose a risk of serious jury or death. As you have heard today, in particular people with Mental Health problem are more likely to be at high risk of death, and with that high population in San Francisco and coming in contact often with the San Francisco Police Department, we dont want to run a risk of that population being impacted. And the aclu is also concerned with the civil rights implications that the supervisors spoke of today. You know, across the nation and in San Francisco, you will see the African American communities of color are impacted by accessive use of force that would lead us to believe that once they are instituted they would also be disproportionately used against the xhupts of color. Because they are easy to use it will increase over use and officers will be use it as the first line rather than reverting to what
Level of force as we have heard today. Too often, they are viewed as homeless, nonlethal devices that temporarily incompass taits that is false. When use as intended they cause pain and as we have seen across the nation they pose a risk of serious jury or death. As you have heard today, in particular people with Mental Health problem are more likely to be at high risk of death, and with that high population in San Francisco and coming in contact often with the San Francisco Police Department, we dont want to run a risk of that population being impacted. And the aclu is also concerned with the civil rights implications that the supervisors spoke of today. You know, across the nation and in San Francisco, you will see the African American communities of color are impacted by accessive use of force that would lead us to believe that once they are instituted they would also be disproportionately used against the xhupts of color. Because they are easy to use it will increase over use and of